Browsing by Author "Savolainen, Juska"

Modernization of society and increased opportunities for choice has made it easier for parents to make individualized breeding solutions. Current parenting is described as "free option" but also growing challenges of quality of breeding. On the other hand, researchers are also increasingly reporting the growing risks of wellbeing among young people, such as loneliness and ill feeling. This research aims to find links between the different parenting styles and the wellbeing of the young people. The purpose of this research is to study the subjective testimonial of the child - parent relationship among the 7th grade students in Helsinki, and to compare the results of the established types of parenting to the ones that are found in professional literature. The aim is also to analyze the connection between the different styles of rearing to the self-reported quality of life, feeling of loneliness and the subjective image of self-esteem. This study is part of the University of Helsinki carried out by Mind the Gap research project (2013-2017). The data was collected from seventh graders (N = 1226) via a questionnaire spring 2014 in Helsinki 20 different schools. The link between parenting styles to self-perceived life satisfaction, loneliness and self-esteem by multidirectional variance analysis (MANOVA) and the differences between genders by Post-hoc (Tukey) test. With the help of a group analysis (K-means Cluster), the aim was also to find new rearing groups that would best describe emphasized dimensions and combinations of parenting. Based on the material, three parenting styles were found. They were called to as intensive, controlling and distant rearing styles. The results showed that previous rearing style classifications are not entirely adequate in relation to the nature of today's parenthood. There were statistically significant differences in the parenting styles when compared to the welfare indicators experienced by young people. Parenting styles intensive and guiding were more positively associated to youth's wellbeing than the parenting style distance. As a conclusion, the results show that parental involvement and presence appear to be in a positive relationship with the indicators of wellbeing experienced by youth.